Answer each question individually in short answers with no less than 600 words
1)What were the major components of Massachusetts Bay colony’s government, 
both at the local and colonial levels? How did they evolve? How much 
democracy did the Puritans experience in their government? 
2) Explain Bacon’s Rebellion. What social issues did Bacon take advantage of? 
How did the uprising lay the foundation for Virginia’s plantation economy? 
3) Why were Americans encouraged to move toward independence after the Battle 
of Bunker Hill? Why and how did they prepare to fight a prolonged war? 
Describe the events leading up to independence. What does the Declaration of 
Independence mean for us today? 
4) What was the idea of popular sovereignty? How did it evolve from pre- 
Independence to early state constitutions, to the Constitution of 1787? Why is the 
idea of popular sovereignty important? 
5) What were the major compromises that led to the passing of the Constitution 
through the Convention? What was the process of reaching consensus? Should 
politics be about maintaining personal ideals or about seeking agreement? 
6) What were the three existential challenges facing the presidency of George 
Washington? Explain one of those problems and how Washington and his cabinet 
handled that problem. Was the Washington presidency a success? Why?